Ted's Pink Currant
This one took the honor of "first to ripen from the 3/1 sowing". Pruning it to a single vine seems like cruel and unusual punishment because it really wants to sprout from everywhere. That, in addition to being planted between the robust Black Cherry and the blossom-maniac Zluta Kytice, gives it the likeness of a Charlie Brown Christmas tree in the first pic. I haven't been able to pick a ripe one without splitting it yet and yesterday's 0.5" of rain even split the ones that weren't quite ripe. Currants are cute and all but no matter which way you slice 'em they're just tiny bags of seeds, aren't they?
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